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I’ve had more than a few conversation this week with clients about how selling compact discs in a coffee shop, a diner, a paint store, or even a day care center is more profitable than trying to get sales at a record store. Now the WSJ backs that up with news that some top albums [...]
I always have to wonder if Mark Burnett deliberately plans a double-elimination somewhere in the schedule, or if he sighs deeply when judges start plowing through contestants. Didn’t see Heather getting the boot so soon, but it does show that you’ve got to bring it every week, sickness or no. Rock Star: INXS: Elimination Night [...]
These are exactly the kinds of feelings you should be having at your gigs, whether or not your mentor is in the room.
I was swept into the moment and the music and a peaceful magic danced over the room. I put no flash on it. I just wanted to let the song illuminate.
When I was [...]
“Apprentice”-Style Show For Rolling Stone Founder Jann Wenner
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Bob Baker runs down some of the most effective ways to pump up a flagging merch table.
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Josh Love wonders aloud if we sometimes take ourselves way too seriously…
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…when you can hit 66 cities in one stop? Expect to see more major labels and movie chains teaming up — it’s a very inexpensive way to build audience.
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David’s getting bizarre e-mail. Thing is, he and I (and other folks who pop our heads out on the independent music prairie) get stuff like this all the time from folks that think they can’t do any of this on their own.
As David says, any “angel investor” in your project has to see that you’re [...]
